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SAN DIEGO MOURNS Assistant Chief Armstead

By John E. Warren Publisher

Roulette Armstead, the first woman and first African American to reach the rank of Assistant Chief of Police in what was then the 116 year history of the San Diego Police Department, died last week in her mid seventies. She had a 31 year trailblazing career with the department and retired in July of 2005.

She was recognized for more than just a top cop with 13 years in her position as Assistant Chief. She was recognized nationally as “one of the pioneers in law enforcement,” especially where women are concerned. Roulette Armstead helped develop the Police Department’s domestic-violence unit and created the department’s equal employment office to receive complaints. Roulette Armstead

Roulette Armstead was one of few women, if any, to attend the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia and complete the religious program, before she became Assistant Police Chief in 1992. In 2005, she was passed over for the position of Chief of Police for the City of San Diego. She did more than complain. She went before a City Council meeting during the

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STUDY: African Americans Poorer Today Than Five Years Ago

“I don’t want to get political here, but I would hope that this report would color how people view the approaches that the parties and candidates take toward legislative and social issues, and how those things are framed,” Lending Tree Lead Researcher Kali McFadden told NNPA Newswire.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent

African Americans were more likely to be unemployed than Americans overall in 2018 than they were in 2013, according to a new study that details the economic and financial progress African Americans have made over five years.

Researchers at Lending Tree, the popular website that connects borrowers with lenders, found that while unemployment decreased for African Americans by 36 percent – from 16.6 percent in 2013 to 10.6 percent in 2018 — it was still five percentage points higher than the unemployment rate for Americans as a whole. The unemployment rate for Americans overall in 2013 was 9.7 percent, which fell to 5.9 percent in 2018.

“I don’t want to get political here, but I would hope that this report would color how people view the approaches that the parties and candidates take toward legislative and social issues, and how those things are framed,” Lending Tree Lead Researcher Kali McFadden told NNPA Newswire.

“It certainly demonstrates that, even though people talk about how much better economically things are, African Americans are more in the hole than they were five years ago.”

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SEE LOCAL COUNTY ORDINANCES FOR CORONAVIRUS ON PG. 11 AND BACK COVER

County Launches COVID-19 Text Message Alert System

By José A. Álvarez County of San Diego Communications Office

County residents can now receive information about the novel coronavirus via text thanks to the County COVID-19 public information text message alert system.

The system allows County health officials to send real-time information about COVID-19 in the region. To sign up to receive the messages, text COSD COVID19 to 468-311.

The system was set up to let County public health officials issue information and instructions on changes related to COVID-19 in the region.

Flattening the Curve

County health officials are requiring residents not working and students out of school to stay at home to avoid contracting COVID-19. They should only be out to get food or other essential needs, such as caring for a relative,

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CALIFORNIA’S LOCKDOWN: What You Need to Know

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday called for seniors and people with chronic conditions to isolate themselves during the coronavirus pandemic

By Nigel Duara, Ana B. Ibarra and Jackie Botts CalMatters

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday called for seniors and people with chronic conditions to isolate themselves during the coronavirus pandemic, raising questions about the state’s capacity to ensure delivery of food, medicine and services to some of its most vulnerable residents.

Newsom pledged that his office would address specific issues related to this directive in a plan to be released on Tuesday, after state officials and private industry collaborate and work out the details. He did not say how long he expected that people would have to isolate themselves since no one knows how long the pandemic will last or how bad it will get.

The governor’s advisory does not carry the force of law, but Newsom said he would not hesitate to sign an executive order making it mandatory if the directive is not followed.

“If you want to establish a framework of martial law which is ultimate authority and enforcement, we have the capacity to do that, but we are not at this moment thinking that is a necessity,” Newsom said.

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